The Sun. — London, England, 1838-12-28 00:00:00

~~~ .~ ~~ .~;~..- „” ~`''~~ ~ ,c,•-•eA7 . .7- G-~ ~-- // . . THE MODEL OF THE BATTILE OF WATERLOO is NOW OPEN for EXHIBITION at the EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY, by brilliant Artifi cial Light. Constantly illuminated from Two o'clock. in the After noon, and throughout the Day in Dark or unfavour%ble Weather. Open from Ten in the Morning until Nine 'n the Evening, Admission One Shilling each. ...i..... li ocK . , i-'6, 1 ...... ( :411111 . - ....- - .'..., 7 -*-- , ... z„4.? ~,,_ ._,......---,' ... ~ f/ 4 1014 1 !!!_ l i 4 • ' fr e . 78: . all r • _A t .......__ A ,_____. .‘,..........;.,;:...._. „. IL: . ..,..... , 1 `• (R 4 ' l 9 1 ' 1..: ` 4 -' ~...,,..) _- \ ... . 16% .--- i'l i l ii t ~,,k 1 ,' ~: ~, - ~ i l' A ~ •,. . ' .4 ' 7 4. ' T '' . . v., 1. , , t o 1 f ~.,, *,- .. •., .„ . , /i 4 . JP, : 'lt_ - , , d ) C.)„. ,_.47 0 1411Ili - '1 2 --- '..' . , I , .. ' ... 4 1:, , . s& -r. 4,- ~... 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No other habiliments ought to be used, and a law might pass to make it punishable for any person out of the service to be found with them in their possession.* Such a regulation would, in a great degree, tend to prevent desertion, strag_ glir g, sail* the clothes when on liberty, and trafficking for grog when at sea. It would prevent their accumulation ; they could be more easily mustered, and kept clean, and in order, than at present. They might be made of a better quality and more comfortable shape than the flimsy fly-away slops which they are now obliged to wear. On leaving the service an allowance might be made to each man for them, and the man who took his place charged with them, provided th , .y would fit him. Let this but be tried, .and the good effect will soon be perceptible. " UNIFORMITY IN THE INTERNAL ARRANGEMENT AND MODE RATED N o. 14,448. I LON D ( - )N ,F Ft IDAY 7 NG DECEMBER fib , 1838 GENERAL POST OFFICE, DEC. 22, 1838. PRICE sd. NOTICE is Hereby Given,' that her Majesty's Postmaster-General will be ready to receive TENDERS, on or before the 25th day of JANUARY NEXT, at Twelve o'Clock, for running a Mail Coach with Four Horses between London and Carlisle. PUBLICATIONS. • SPLENDID PRESENT GRATIS. 1.5 N Sunday, th e 6th o f J anuary , 1839 , every sub. scriber to the WEEKLY CHRONICLE, price Four_ pence-halfpenny, will receive a splendid steel Engraving (designed by Latilla and engrav e d b y H a ll) o f h er Majesty QUEEN VIC TORIA, in her Robes of State. All parties desirous of securing this magnificent present, the only recognized Likeness of her Majesty, must give their orders 1.0 their newsmen previously to the 31st December, as no greater number of papers will he issued on that day. Advertisements intended for insertion on January 0, when 150,000 copies will be issued, must be sent to the Office by the 3d of January, and will be charged at Is. each line. —Office, 16, Ca therine-street, Strand. A MERRY CHRISTMAS. Many have been the plans recommended as substitutes for impressment. We confess that not one of those we have yet seen has struck us as being efficient or satisfactory. In creasing the bounties to seamen will never answer, for the larger the bonus the greater the inducement to desertion. A permanent advance of the wages of seamen, with in creased rewards for good conduct and length of service, and a restoration of the pensions to warrant officers' widows, are the safest expedients we can think of ; but we speak with diffidence on the subject, and willingly resign it into abler and more experienced hands. One thing, however, may be mentioned which is calculated to spread satisfac tion. The source from whence the navy has been sup- 1 plied with seamen has been greatly extended since the war. In 1814 the sailors in the merchant service amounted to 117,000 ; in 1836 they a ere 176,000, an increase of nearly 60,000. No apprehension need therefore be entertained of deficient resources in the event of war, for if England should want naval defenders, and must have them, there they are. (From the Somerset County Gazette.) The compliments of the season. They tell us of festive boards and fire side pleasures, of plenty in hall and in cottage, of " peace on earth and good will towards man." The words will be on the lips of many as of yore. Will they be uttered as gaily ? Will there not be something of mockery in the sound ? A merry Christmas ! Little cause for merriment, for sooth, bath this Christmas. There is scarcity in the land! Can the poor be merry when they want food—when they ice their families famishing on scanty meals and wasted by the diseases that never fail to follow in the footsteps of fa mine ? Can they be merry when there is no fire in the hearth, no blanket on the bed, only rags to the back, every penny being required to buy the pittance that, when thus dearly bought, scarce serves to keep body and soul together ? The Conditions may be seen on application to the Post Offices at Grantham, Doncaster, Leeds, Wetherby, and Carlisle, or at the Office of the. Surveyor and Superintendent of Mail Coaches in London. The Tenders are to be endorsed Tenders for the " London and Carlisle Mail Coach," sealed up and addressed, to her Majesty's Postmaster-General. By Command, W. L. AIABERLY, Secretary. GENTLEMEN'S DRESS. GREAT COATS, FROCK, and DRESS COATS, and every other article of GENTLEMEN'S DRESS, for the present season, cut to fit in the most approved style of fashion, and made in the best manner, at the undermen tioned moderate prices, for rash, at J. ALBERT'S, TAILOR and DRAPER, 52, King William-street, London Bridge:— Superfine Coloured Dress Coats, from £2 10 oto £3 0 0 Ditto, the finest Saxony, black or blue 3 7 0 Frock Coats, with silk facings and velvot collar 215 oto 318 0 A Pilot Petersham Great Coat, lined throughout Various excellent new Materials for MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL. In 3 vols. post Bvo., price Twenty-four Shilling., THE WIDOW 'BAR NABY, By MRS. TROLLOPE. Author of " The Vicar of Wrexhill," " A Romance of Vienna," &e. IS ROW READY. And may be had of all Booksellers, and at all the Libraries. Richard Bentley, New Burlington -street. Can the rich be merry, even amid their abundance, by their blazing hearths and in their winter furs, when they reflect upon the suffering that surrounds them ? The thought of the starving poor will sicken appetite—they will shiver when they reflect upon the cold cottages and half clothed forms of their neighbours. Can they be merry when they remember how evil a counsellor is a hungry and how seldom there is peace where there is want ? A. miserable and not a merry Christmas will be ours. of the present force of the Bri- Devonport Telegraph, by whcm liled from official soutces by an dent : 2 2 oto 3 3 0 Trousers The largest stock. of any house .issaiAse , - , • trade of the most fashionable Waist coats, from . 120 0 10 0 to 1 10 0 THE INDIA STEAM-SHIP COMPANY, By the CAPE of GOOD HOPE. Empowered by Act of Parliament, Ist Vir j ,, c. 97. Capital, 500,0001., in 10,000 Shares. Deposi!c 31. per Share. Two Months' Notice of every furt'ser The DIRECTORS beg to inform the I :s ub:lie that their Splendid I S team -Ship INDIA, Lieutenant EDWARD NICHOLSON (ENDALL, R.N., Commander, now nearly complete in the ky tluil d gyard of Messrs. John Scott Seats, with her machinery 3d Scott, Sinclair, and Co., of Gre,enock will be launched on the day of January next, and will 1 ..)e ready ' to take in her Stores in the River Thames on or before: the second week of April. The Ship is of 1,200 tons, brat on the most improved principle, w ith extensive ac commo d a ti on f or 8 0 C a bi n P assengers, an d capa bl e of carrying 400 tons of light, goods. , She is provided with a safety apparatus, and built with two strong b ulkheads of plate iron, a cross the engine -room, in order to confine accidental fire, or prevent a leak sprung in one division from spread ing to another. The DIRECTO-AS hereby give Notice, That they are ready to receive TENDEAS for the SUPPLY of PROVISIONS, PLATE, CUTLERY, ''LASS, CHINA, BEDDING, and LINEN, ac carding to spe eifications lying at the Company's Office, where infor !nation relati re to freight and passage may be obtained, and plans of the Cabi , A s may be seen. The DIRECTORS take this opportunity to inform the 1 üblic that they have contracted with Messrs. J. Scott and Sons to Build !he Colipany a Steam-Ship of 1,500 tons, which Messrs. Scott ' t are cru,;aged to complete with all porisible despatch. Tito 'DIRECTORS will, within 18 months, have three vessels, and tl'.ey propose immediately to Contract for the Building of three I:no cc, the original number proposed, that Voyages may be performed Tvrclve yTimes Out and Twelve Times Home in each Year. Each ~trYage from Plyna , uth to Calcutta will be accomplished within rety-five Days • and prove, in the words of the Legislature, as in cs orated in their Act of Parliament ;—" That it will manifestly De for the advantage of the public that a line of steam cominunica tion should be established between this, country and India by way of the Cap• of Good Hope, and between this country and her Majes tl's dominions in Australia ;" to which latter place it is the inten tion of the Company to have Branch Steamers,. Applications for the Unappropriated Shares to be made at the C ompany's Office, 61, King William-street, London-bridge. HF,NRY MANNING, Sec. Office, 61, King William-street, London-bridge; Western Branch, 11 0- 11 ,Pall-mall. inGREAT ADVANTAGES OFFERED BY THE NITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, Waterloo-lave Pall-mall, Pall-mall, and 2, Charlotte-row, Mansion house, London. This Comp any, esta b l i shed by Act . of Parliament, affords the host perfect security, from an ample capital, and only requires, 'then a n Insurance is for the whal e period of life, ono half of the ler"- moderate Premiums to be paid for the first five years after the gate of the Polley, the ether half may remain, subject to the pay yeezt of interest at 5 per cent, annually, to be deducted at death, or ?11 : 4 Y previou s ly b e paid off at conveni en ce. It obviously becomes t 'alY for a person of very moderate income to secure, by this ar ,?_lrement, a provision for his family ; and should he at any time r effecting the insurance succeed to, or acquire., a fortune . , he i o laY relinquish his policy, having only paid one half the premiums t, the first fn years, instead of the whole, as in all other Com- Pl e si les. Thus a man of 25 years old may, by an annual payment of d r • 1 6s. 341. for the first fi ve years, secure to his widow and eh& e , at his Oath payment of no l ess th a n 3,0001., subject only to v _o l Ldeduction of 1441. Is. 3d., being the amount of premium un aid- This Company holds out, in various other respects, great regiments to the public. When such facilities are afforded, it is Ply a moral duty in every parent who is not possessed of a for but of an income, however moderate, to insure his life for a " 1 Which may yield a comfortable provision for his family. RATES OF PREMIUM. Age. Without Profits. With Profits. 25 . 30 40 50 40 Annuities are granted on very liberal terms. _____ Earl lIONORARY PRESIDENTS. Of Errol Lord Viscount Eastnor, M.P. earl of court Lord Viscount Glandine lEar.l Levenar Melville Lord Elphinstone 'old Viscount Falkland Lord Belhaven and Stanton Sir J. H. Da rymple, Bart. DIRECTORS. JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman. WM. PLASKET, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Mo wn D ownes, Esq. G eorge H. Gordon, Esq. aix. ~ B almanno, Esq. F. C. Maitland, Esq. nalmanno, Esq. H. B. Avarne, Esq. .;.,t. 441 :11 el Anderson, Esq. N. P. Levi, Esq. lift des Grah am , E s q. John Ritchie, Esq. 4 'n• HALE THOMSON, Esq., Surgeon, 48, Berner:-street Oxford-street. Ev e • EDWARD BOYD, Esq., Resident. 4, 11 , .y information will be afforded, Waterloo alication to the Resi tontdDo 'rector, Edward Boyd, Esq., 8, -place, Pall Mall, C./ T . AuElv.c.—Edward Frederick Leeks, Esq., Solicitor, 2, krlotte-row, Mansion-house. C 0 TTISH (WIDOWS' FUND) LIFE ASSURANCE, Founded on the Original Basis of the LONDON EQUITABLE. PRESIDENT. Til ls The Right Hon. the Earl of ROSEBERY. i the OLDEST and MOST E X TENSIVE LIFE OFFICE in SCOTLAND, lit ' , Instituted A.D. 1815. A — J. , is OFFICE, 5, ST. A ND EDINBURGH. -""CUMULATED and INVESTED FUND, upwards of 700,0001. Sterling. w t „ANNUAL REVENUE EXCEEDING 130,0001. 4 13th. an PROFITS BELONG TO THE ASSURED. ces granted to any extent not exceeding 5,0001. on approved - Lives. tol!xiaisLife Office in Great Britain, since the EQUITABLE of bl ed "ON enacted its restricting Bye-Law of 1816, has been ena t° afford equal advantages to the As As_Punds and Revenues are in a state of the most rapid increase. su ran ces which may now be opened will rateably participate , at t l7 a bly to the Laws of the Society, in the"additions to be declared ensuing Periodical Investigation. s this point reference is made to a Report lately submitted to ItZieneral Meeting of the Members in the Western District of Scot %(,4i which, after alluding to the continued prosperity of the s ee ZtY, and the cause to which this might be attributed, pro the; as follows :—" There can be no doubt, therefore, that Fund, is at this moment in the possession of a large Sur ofus -eand, which, under the limitations contained in the Articles e t eot Co nstitution, will become available at the end of the pre- • It Year, in making Additions or Bonuses to the Policies. of course, in the power of the Directors , until the , li eri :'gations now i n progress are comp l e t e d, or until the proper result actually arrives, to stat e w ith any precision what the actual ttl eo s may be but they can state generally, with thegreatest con kfrairee, that a t no f ormer per i o d of t h e S oc i e t y ' s progress have its aro s been in a soun d er or more prosperous condition than they to - 4,1 t the present moment. Th e p r ocess of investigation is now tasd: (41 in the most minute manner. From the progress already ‘ i etti , the re i s every reason to expect that matters w ill be suffi at Y forward t o ena bl e th e Di rec t ors to announce the results 4" Ann ua l G enera l C ourt, to be held in Edinburgh on 15 th tb e , r u e ar Y next. Not only will every publicity be immediately a sh, after given, through the usual channels, to these results, but, Nt t , s Peen hitherto the practice, Bonus Certificates will betrans- Sc ti ' e n: to every individual member, either now connected with the tiri k or entering previous to the close of the present year , sta litliZe amount of vested or Retrospective Bonuses, as well as con the-47 and prospective Bonuses attaching to each Policy, down to C e s't septennial period of investigation in 1845." ktry i l m es of the Prospectus--Forms of Proposal—and every neces ,lformation—may be obtained on application at the Society's OFFICE in LONDON, 15, BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS. HUGH MACKEAN. Or at the following Branches, viz. : ik x e-HEsTz a—Thos. Booth man, jun. , Esq., Cross-street, King -1.1,„ street. 4: aft° LMessrs. Arthur Ouehterson and Co. , Exchange-place. 11 0 ,_ l)4 —Vf illiam Ward, Esq., Attorney-at- Law. 11,at srixto—Hugh Watt, Esq., Banker. jyt A w bF oan—George Rogers, Esq., Horton-road. NOTE A sr LE Charles Bertram, Esq., 12, S an dhill. Buri n . --- -Proposals intended to be made for the purpose of se how 5 participation i n th e b ene fit s o f the Periodical Investigation, hand, must be lodged forthwith. OLA ND'S SPECIFIC SOLUTION, I) l , it sold by all chemists, &c price 4s. 6d. and Ils., by its own I) 3' th s has attained the very highes ' t repiitatien, which is daily confirmed she e xtraordinary rapidity and certainty with which it cures 9-onor of th ' G leets, Strictures, Stone, (=ravel, l oca l dehility, and all diseases he e: ur ethra, and urinary passages. There is no preparation extant to tib:',Pared to it, for it cures when all others have failed, and is pre uracti; Op preference to every thing else) in hospitals, and the private ; oy the most eminen ourselt - medical men. "ori,' ° l o nial.—We pledge ourselves to the safety, certainty, and strpteh ko,' oland's Solution for curing all urethral cribc, bo No, ' and earn - ti advise our medical brethren to pre it in such 4, • 8 y .s ze 'Sued by Dr. Ley, Dr. Clarke, Surgeon Cooper, Dr. Green, I" hy si dared at 1 1 ressrs Graham and Co's., 131, Holborn Bars, where the ll t , s 'a,; l attends as ' usual from nine till three daily, who guarantees to t14,12.any cure Gonorrheea Gleets, &c., sooner than any other indiv.- N °r forfeit all he may r Poland's Solution has . recently efFect '4i,hl'nost wonderful mire . of stole in the b'adder, having expelled one ; e lf! one ounce and a half, which may be seen, and all particulars had, I,lBent: en ce t to patient, on application to the Physic an s b • 63, .;s above. above medicine, Hannay an , cl C nst °o, corrnZi D doy, the Golder Star, ‘,tontes"-end, Boroagh. t AMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH. Price Is. I%d. per box. exc ellent family PILL is a Medicine of long tried efficacy for cor. hi ehare l) t i . sord . ers of the Stomach and Bowels, the common sym k ptoms r, .ostivness, Flatulency, Spasms, Loss of Appetite, !„stv".urness, Sense of Fullness after Meals, Dizziness of the Eyes, orpi d "7. and Pains in the Stomach and Bowels. Indigestion, producing State of the Liver, and a consequent Inactivity of the Bowels, di sorganization of every function of the frame, will, in this most jhP r eparation, by a little perseverance, be effectually removed. h t ,ttlaeh " r .ee doses will convince the afflicted of its salutary effects. The h 'Yr', sPeedily regain its strength ; a healthy action of the liver, 4!t, p ' ai lt i ld kidneys will rapidly take place ; and instead of listlessness, t4IA, ~,I,!inci Jaundiced appearance, strength, activity, and renewed on,'" De the quick result of taking this Medicine, according tothe:di- The, " cc olinPanv'n2 ea h bo .e-c,eshPoi.LlS are - c L a - rti:u c larly '' Cfficacious for Stomach . Coughs. Colds, 6yr ,fntn tak e Sho rtness of Breath, and all obstructions in the Ur . mAr y Passages; after too free an indulgence at table, they quickly restore the r ver,,„,..:± natural state of repose. to i ( wsiii e .,` a FULL HABIT, who are subject te Headache, Giddinc,s,i, ,he ? and Stnging in the Ears, ?rising from too great a flow of Blood l e shouM never be without them, as many dangerous symptoms oit 11,`ArelY earned off by their immediate use. I) 44ll cii. 4 A LEs, these rills are most truly excellent, removing all : Shpe distressing Headache so very prevalent . with the sex ; r4 Pe, "" rits, Dullness of Sight, Nervous Affections, Blotches, and Sa lowns of the Skin, and give a healthy and juvenile bloom th 'e The linequaai'. HERS the.: are confidently recommended as the best medi ar Nn be ta ffed. ken during pregnancy; and for Children of all ages rtii,l ea sant, safe, amid easy Aperient, they unite the recommendation a, nt of ( " d Pe rat ion with the melt successful effect, and require no re. ord in „ let or confinement during their use. By regulating the dose „ea4 t° the age and strength of the I atent, they become suitable for th,,,s•rt,v,,, , Pt either sex !hat cao be required ; and for ELDERLY so pr,„„reY will be fotind to be the most comfortable Medicine hi. ' T r ued. Y T. p • ,tout, 1'29. &rand. London, Price it. P 4,1 and 25.. Pd. pc: - itl kt Sk • - Kiorni.on N I PION'S PILL. ot * h.-A t,o up, the Name Sta p : °I "Thomas Prout, '229 ,Straud, London," on the Govern. Young Gentlemen's Suits, Servants' Liveries, &c., made on the shortest notice, and upon such terms es will ensure future favours. 52, King William-street, City. 4 1 4 - 10 REIGN and BRITISH SPIRITS.—The IL attention of consumers is called to one of the largest stocks in this country, and which cannot be excelled for quality, age, and flavour, at the under-mentioned cash prices : BRANDY.—Genuine Cognac 9 45. 265. 6d. 28s. per gallon. Very old CHAMPAGNE ditto 32s. per gallon. The Pale ditto (vintage liOS) ...... 72s, per doz. bottles included. RUM.—Good Jamaica 10s. 8d.,125. ; Wedderburn's, 14s. per gallon. The old Pine-apple (in bottles) 36s. per dozen. ENGLISH GlN.—Excellent quality and strength, Bs., 9s. 4d., 10s. Bd. per gallon ; the strong and high-flavoured (in bottles), 245. per dozen. HENEK EY and COMPY., Gray's Inn Wine Establishment, 23, High Holborn, London. fIETT'S PATENT BRANDY.—To guard the =AP Public against being misled by the numerous imitators of the Patea Brandy, and to assure them of the utter futility of all attempts to rival that celebrated article, the Patentees need only state that the peculiarly wholesome properties of their Brandy-- attested by many eminent Chemists, and frequently published since its introduction in 1829—are secured by Patent Right, which, in itself, forms a sufficient guarantee, if purchasers be careful to esta blish the identity of the article. The only Establishment of J. T. Betts and Co. is the Distillery, No. 7, Smithfield-bars, leading to St. John-street, where the Pa tent Brandy may be had, either pale or coloured, in quantities not less than two Gallons, at Eighteen Shillings per Imperial Gallon, for Cash on delivery. BERDOE'S Ji:EW -WATERPROOF FROCKS, completely Ix/PERVIOUS to RAIN, WITH OUT IMPEDING the FREE ESCAPE of PERSPIRATION. They are gentlemanly in appearance, warm, light, convenient, and economical, combining the advantages of Great Coat, Cloak, and Mackintosh. This invaluable discovery in waterproofing is applicable to all kinds of material, whether of woollen, linen, cotton, or silk, and so perfectly unobjectionable, than when generally known will, doubtless, entirely supersede the unsightly and unhealthy. articles 'hitherto in use. Waterproof pilot coats, great coats, cloaks, capes, trousers, &c., also furnished, and specimens shown, by WALTER BERDOE, tailor, 69, Cornhill (only). BARFIELD'S DIAMOND PLATE POW DER, warranted not to wear the plate. It instantly clears tarnish and dirt, and magically produces a most inimitable Polish upon Gold, Silver, Plated Goods, Brass, Tin, Ct,pper, and makes t3ritish Plate, Zinc, and Pewter, look as white as the best Silver. Sold, wholesale and retail, at Hallet and Co.'s British Plate Factory, 41, Ludgate -street. Bateman, Chemist to the Quee n , Th omas an d C o., Old Kent-road. No. BCastle-street, Leicester- Thomas, Hammersmith. square. Russell, 67, Whitechapel-read. S. Chappell, 8, Lombard-street. Parker, Bridge-street, Lambeth. Wilson, 87, Fenchurch-street. And at the Manufactory, 92, Fenchurch-street. AGENTS WANTED for every Town in the Kingdom. N.8.--Plate cleaned with this powder will not again tarnish. DOMESTIC MEDICAL AUXILIARIES Supplied by W. PINE, Superintendent at Dr. Scott's Medical Repository, 369, Strand, three doors from Exeter Hall. TEN THOUSAND DEAF PERSONS having been afforded a perpetual relief from deafness by the use of DR. SCOTT'S HEAR ING CORNETS, W. Pine considers it superfluous to adduce any other testimony of their utility. They may be briefly described as the smallest acoustic instruments that can possibly be of any service to the deaf, being worn (almost unperceived) without requiring to be held, and interfering with neither cap nor hat. Also, the SONIFERON, which is a new acoustic apparatus introduced (by the same professional Gentleman) for the benefit of thoso persons whose deafness is too severe to be sufficiently assisted by any me chanical contrivance so small as the Cornets. Being placed on the table, the Soniferon renders the conversation of a room audible to the deafest individual. W. P. takes this opportunity respectfully to entreat persons subject to indigestion, bile and the discomforts attending CONFINEMENT OF THE BOWELS, to abandon the injurious habit of taking opening medicines, for the gentle and efficacious operation of a little plain water, applied by means of Dr. Scott's APERITIVE FOUNTAIN, which having been filled from the toilet jug may be conveyed, unperceived, in the pocket or in a lady's reticule to any appropriate place, affording every conve nience and facility that can be desired by the most timid or infirm, specially the advantage of excluding air ! MILY ANTIBILIOUS .LS. ED BY THE Bishop of Norwich Bishop of Salisbury Bishop of Peterborough Bishop of Ely Bishop of Gloucester Bishop of Chichester Bishop of Worcester Bishop of Hereford Bishop of St. Asaph Bishop of Banger Bishop of Llandati Bishop of Calcutta Right Hon. J. A. Murray, /Awe! Advocate of Scotland Right Hon. R. C. Fergusson, M.P. Right Hon.Youlett Thomson, M P. Hon. Sir Edward ('us', K.C.H. Hon. Fox Maule, M.P. Hon. Colonel Anson, M.P. Sir Henry Wheatley, G.C.H. Sir Francis Burdett, Bart., M.P. Sir Gerard Noel, Bart., M.P. Sir Robert Grant, Bart. Sir Henry Blake, Bart. • Sir Sam uel Fludyes, Bart. Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart. Sir Robert Buxton, Bart. Sir John Forbes, Part. Sir Philip B. V. Broke, K.C.B. Sir John de Beauvoir, Bart. Sir John Tyrell, Bart., M.P. Sir Henry Smyth, Bart , I.P. Sir Mathew Wood, Bart., M.P. Sir Frederick Pollock, M.P. Sir John Macdonald, K.C.8., Adjutant-General Sir Thomas B Mash, K.B. James B. Wildman, Esq., Chilham Castle Col. Delay, Stoke Park, Surrey Colonel '1 ynte, M. t'. Colonel Sibtliorp, M.P. Captain Pechell, M.l'. S. Grove Price, Esq. Matthias Attwood, Esq., M.P. Alderman Thompson, M.P. Charles Walker, Esq., M.P. Mr. Serjeant Talfourd, M.P. Mr. Serjeant Wilde, M.P. Mr. Serjeant Ludlow S. Grove Price, Esq., M.P. Rev. Archdeacon of Colchester Reverend Dr. French, Cambridge Reverend Dr. Benson Reverend Dr. Burney Reverend Dr Birch Reverend Dr. Miller Robert Renwick, Esq., M.D. C. Waddy, Esq., late M.P., Dublin MP R. COCKLE'S FA PATRONIZ Duke of Grafton Duke of Manchester Duke of Argyll Duke of Beaufort Duke of Rutland Duke of Buccleuch Duke of Sutherland Duke of Devonshire Marquis of Lansdowne Marquis of Tavistock Marquis of A ilesbury Marquis of Blandford Marquis of Winchester Marquis of Abercorn Marquis of Normanby Earl of Eldon Earl of Harrowby Earl of Mint° Earl of Carnarvon Earl of Errol Earl of Mountcashel Earl of Darlington Earl of Kinnoul Earl of Guildford Earl of Scarborough Earl of Oxford Earl of Thanet Earl of Athlone Earl of Roscommon Earl Cowper Earl Amherst Earl of Leicester Viscount Melbourne Viscount Palmerston Viscount Howick Viscount Fordwich Viscount Torrington Viscount Canning Viscount Alford Viscount Acheson Lord Arundel Lord Ernest Bruce Lord Redesdale Lord Hill Lord Plunket Lord Murray Lord Bentincx Lord Fitzroy Lord Middleton Lord Barham Lord Frederick Gordon Lord Willoughby de Eresby Lord Kinnaird Lord Seymour Lord Hartland Lord Western Lord Archbishop of Armagh Bishop of Durham Bishop of Chester Bishop of Bath and Wells And Numerous Families of the highest Respectability In all cases et Indigestion and Weakness of Stomach—in Gout, Flatu lency ,:nd Spasms—in Bilious or Sick Headache—in Disordered I iver— in Nervous Irritability—and as a Family Aperient, the superior efficacy of these Pills is too well known to require comment. 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Sold by Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers'-hall-court ; Onwhyn, Catherine-street, Strand ; Templetnan, Regent-street, London ; Barton, Birmingham , Boss and Nightingale, Liverpool; and all Booksellers in Town or Country. STATE OF THE BRITISH NAVY. (From the Devon-port Telegraph.) We fearlessly assert, and we do it advisedly, being fully prepared to substantiate our statement, by reference to the tables even of the opposition alarmists themselves, that in real effective strength the British Navy is at this moment fully equal to the navies of Russia, France, and America put together. We repeat, that either in a week, or a month, or six months from this time, England could have at sea as many line-of-battle ships and frigates as the whole of the three navies we have mentioned could turn out in the same period. We showed last week that Eng land possesses 801ine-of-battle ships fit for service, 30 of them new ships never yet at sea. We might have enumerated 90, but we struck off those for which a thorough repair would be necessary. .A few of the 80 would, of course, re quire some repairs, but the great bulk are in the best con dition, and the whole might be got ready within a very limited period, by calling into action the energy and re sources of the country. It should not be forgotten that the statements of the foreign navies, published in the journals engaged in raising the outcry, include all their rotten and unserviceable ships, and even those ordered to be built, not a timber of which has yet been laid down, whi!e they carefully exclude such vessels from the British list. It is a positive fact that France has only 22 sail of the line in the water at this moment, including those in commission ; 27 out of the forty-nine she possesses are still on the stocks, not a quarter of them completed, nor half of them even in a forward state ; and we are assured by an old and experienced British naval officer, who has seen the Russian Baltic fleet within the last two years, that if we were to take one-halt' of their ships as unfit to en counter a voyage even into the British Channel, we should be strictly within the truth. They are chiefly built at Archangel, and th e ti m b er o f w hi c h t h ey are constructed is not durable like British oak. This may also be said of the American navy. Having in our last submitted a list of the ships of the line in a serviceable state possessed by England, to the correct ness of which we can safely pledge ourselves, we shall now proceed with the frigates, an important arm of the service, upon which many misrepresentations have been put forth. It has, for instance, been stated that we have no vessels of this class able to cope with those of America and France, while, by the following list, it will be seen that England has twenty superb frigates of the first class (already in the water, independent of several building), carrying 32-poun ders on their main and quarter decks, and fully able to cope with any frigates in the world. She has alto seventy-seven other frigates in a serviceable state, thirty six of which are new and have never been to sea, making, with nine build ing and in a forward state, 106 frigates, without including hulks or those requiring any very extensive repairs —a gmtatitt aumler, than_.:theited nations above-men tioned can muster. fi Frigates now in Commission : President Brba 50 Volage 2B Castor 36 Tribune Vernona Pique Inconstant . North Star Samarang 2B Calliope Conway . . 28 Talbot Vestal Cleopatra 26 Crocodile 2B Madagascar Stag 46 Seringapatam Actzeon 26 Alligator Fitted as Demonstration Shi crew Isis 50 Java ............... . Lancaster Southampton Winchester Alfred The following might begot r( notic Endymion .•.. • ••• 50 Portland ................. 52 Conquestador Eagle America . Cornwall Gloucester 5O tiEolus f African t Andromeda 46 llelvidera .., Imogine Carysfort Herald Total 96 ips, and ready to receive thcir .s Vindictive so Druid 46 Sapphire tMagicienne Curagoa eady for commission at a short t Fox Havannab 42 Horatio . t Latona 46 Leonidas t Mercury t Minerva t Nemesis Owen Glendower f Proserpine t Leda 46 t M clamps 46 t Mermaid Naiad t Nereus 46 fPenelope Resistance 1. Sirius 1- Thames 46 t Trincomalee 46 t Unicorn t Clyde Crescent I- Diana fSeaborse Tenedos t Thisbe Undaunted I- Venus Blonde t Brilliant ... (Amazon 1 - Fishguard f Forth f Hamadryad 46 t Hcbe f Hotspur t Laurel 46 f Amphitrite Bacchante Blanche Bcadice Briton 46 t Cerberus - 1- Circe t Dmdalus -I- Eurotas 46 Forte Those marked fi are new ships which have never been at sea. The whole of the above could be prepared to receive men in a few weeks, but we do not mean to say th it the necessary stores and equipments are ready, or that it would be possible to man them at so short a notice, as that would depend on circumstances. The following frigates are building:— Chichester 52 In frame. Cambi ian 36 In frame. Worcester 50 Ready tolaunch Active ... 36 Ditto. Meander 46 Ditto. Amphion 36 In a state of Flora 36 In frame. forwardness. Sybil 36 Ditto. Chesapeake 36 hi frame. Independent of others ordered to be built, but not yet laid down. All these are to carry thirty-two pounders on both decks. Notwithstanding so much has been said about the want of a Riga spar for the Marquis of Anglcsea, we can assure our readers that there are now in the different arsenals, ready to be placed on board, masts and spars for upwards of twenty sail of the line, and a proportionate number of fri gates. We are aware that the stock of stores and materials would be found deficient should a sudden war break out, which, however, does not appear to be probable. Neverthe less, it would be good policy always to have a sufficient supply on hand for any emergency. We also strongly re commend more encouragement being given to the artizans in the naval yards, especially a return to the old system of superannuation after a certain number of years' service, which was a bonus highly valued by the workmen, an d was the main cause o f k eep i ng them in the service when so much higher wages could be obtained in the merchants' yards, where no grant is made to them should they be hurt or incapable of further service. One of the most important subjects connected with the navy is the means that should be taken for expeditiously manning the fleet. This is a de. licate and difficult question. Impressment must not be cal culated on but as a last and desperate remedy, which, how ever, we think likely to fail from the clamour that would be raised from end of the kingdom to the other. The most dire necessity only, a necessity involving the very existence of the nation, could justify a return to such a detested prac tice, so contrary to the spirit of British laws, and so utterly opposed -to the principles of social liberty which have been the pride and glory of the people of England. For the following statement tish navy, we are indebted to the it is stated to have been comp old and valued naval correspom BRITISH SHIPS OF TIIg LI t Britannia ....... 120 Royal Adelaide ... 110 RAney +Ganges Vanguard Hastings 74 1‘1:11 aim Melville Pembroke Ru6sell • • 74 I Wellesley t In port, and could bn ready DEMONSTRATION SHIPS IN COI FOR COS St. Vincent f Camp'•rdown t Powerful B4 Thund (Ter B4 Belleisle 74 Benbow t Hawke f New ships THE FOLLOWING COULD DR G f Royal Wiliam t Nelson Prince Regent Water100 t Formidable B4 f Clarence B4 NIL NOW IN COMMISSION. Princess Charlotte Asia Bellerophon BO Edinburgh Hercules . Cornwallis Minden:.. Donegal Talavera 78 Total 21 in a week—the rest at sea. MPLETE REPAIR, AND READY MMION. Caledonia l2O Impregnable lO4 Calcutta f Agincourt Revenge Illustrious Total 13. 76 74 never at sea. OT READY IN A FEW WEEKS. Hibernia f Neptune Royal George fi Queen Charlotte fi Vengeance 1-Monarch Cambriige Total 15. never at sea. +l3ombay B4 Foudroyant BO t New ships THIRD RATES. Achilles Bellona ' Blenheim t Defence 74 Devonshire i Egmont 74 Hogue Implacable 7B I Inxincible 74 - Kent .. 7B , Medway Marlborough Stirling Castle Warspite 76 f Wellington Imaum 74 ' Total 21. t Now ships never at sea. N.B. A few of the vessels on the last list may require some repairs, but on an emergency the whole might be sent to sea for a service of two or three years. In fact worse ships than any of these were sent to the East Indies during the lat,- war. ON THE STOCKS.—The Nile, 92 ; and London, 92 ; might be launched at a few days' notice. The Royal Frederick, 120 ; Indus, 80 : are ordered to be launched in April next. The St. George, 120 ; Trafalgar, 120; Gnliah, 84 ; Coningwood, 84 ; Boscawen, 70 ; and Cum berland, 70 ; are building, and in a state of forwardness. THE NAVY. (From the Times.) In the suspension of other and more ephemeral, though perhaps mote seductive matter, we are satisfied that few things can be more beneficial to the country than an attempt to familiarize the public mind with the attributes and cha racterrtica of tgat noble service on which our existence as a powerful nation depends —we mean the British navy. In Friday's Times (hire was contained a notice of, and quotation from, a little manuscript treatise, written by a veteran, though not highly educated, seaman, which is re plete with reasonable suggestions, the result of long expe rience and solid jud gment , f or wor ki ng out a system of prac tical amelioration in the general condition of our navy. Our readers, doubtless, are well aware that the excel lence of a navy or army, as a whole, must result from the proper adaptation of a vast variety of minute and homely details, each to the production of its own peculiar influence upon some given portion of the general aggregate of science, discipline, conduct, and efficiency in either service. The soldier who has the cleanest belt will probably keep his firelock in the best order, and use it most formidably on the day of battle. Attention to one detail of duty promotes the habit, and facilitates the tack, of mastering every other. The seaman who makes it his business to be first aloft will probably also give his mind with most keenness and dili gence to the helm. We have heard that the Duke of Wellington, the victo rious leader of 100,000 men, and the political arbitrator of such complex interests, and so many jealous and intractable nations—we have heard that this great man, for whose sa gacity no knot was too intricate, and no object too large for his contemplation, used to be considered the best com pany officer and the best regimental officer of his day, as Sir John Moore bad been before him. Lord Howe was distinguished in early life among the most effective commanders of a single ship that the British navy could boast of. Lord Nelson was said to be intimately acquainted with the disposition and qualities of every sea man on board his vessel. Let us not tern away, then, fastidiously and unwisely, from the cons id eration of those nzinutia of the marine, which, according as they are well or ill directed, contribute to its prosperous or calamitous sum-total. Tho writer to whom we have been just referring is obviously a proficient in matters of detail, whilst, like all men of real ability, he ar gues and treats particular questions with reference to some wide and important principle of common sense or acquired knowledge. He recommends, what it indeed surprises us has not been already introduced into the navy—a uniform for the crews of her Majesty's ships of war. This proposition, too, he supports on something like professional principle:. He thinks that the service would appear " more attractive" in the eyes of young seamen, and their pride of place and station more flattered by it, if a neat and becoming uniform were established and provided by Government for the use of the fleet. For the officers it has long been in use; and though capriciously, absurdly, and injuriously played with and metamorphosed from time to time, still there is a naval uniform for officers—a badge of their brotherhood in the same national calling, and a constant appeal to their self respect and consciousness that by them their country's livery and those insignia which are common to thousands of other English gentlemen with themselves shall not in their per sons be degraded. It is notorious what a bond and cement of the regimental service in our army is the scarlet jacket, the blue, or green, or yellow facing, or the brass emblazon ment on the schako ; and, moreover, what a feeling of at tachment or companionship is created by the similarity of costume between officers and men. We see no manifest cause why the seamen of the fleet should be shut out from the operation of those outward fellowships which are found to bear valuable fruits among the military, apart from that expediency which we admit to be far more absolute in a force serving on shore than for one on shipboard—viz., that of rendering soldiers a class distinguishable at first sight, and easily separable from the body of the people. Our author would have the name of each individual stamped upon every article of clothing supplied to him by the Government, and a law passed making it penal for any person not in the service to have such articles in his pos session, save only when the mark of " dis c h arge " was also affixed to such habiliments, on being given up to the sea man when his period of service had expired. This plan is insisted on, and we think justly, by the writer, a s a power ful means of preventing desertion, trafficking i n necessaries for grog when on board ship, &c., with sund r y ot h er advan tages enumerated in the subjoined extract. We must add, that the observations made by the worthy author on the natural connexion between a personal uniform and a unifor mity, steadiness, fixedness, and publicity in other branches of internal economy and arrangement throughout the ser vice, whereby the capricious wantonness and despotic levity of commanding officers, insisting on this and that useless crotchet, and each, in hi s turn, on appointment to the com mand of a ship, supe rse di ng t h e regulations and discipline of the former ca pt a i n, or introducing such as none of his successors can approve of, are in the highest degree worthy of serious attenti on on t h e part of our nava l aut h or ities. We shall not now continue this subject any longer, but sub mit the foll ow i ng extract from the manuscript 41 UNIFORM FOR SEAMEN IN TIIE N AVY. " It has o f ten occurre d to me t h at the ser v ice would appear CF CARRYING ON DUTY. " Few men have served long in our service without having been annoyed with the capricious changes made from time to time by the same individual, or change of executive officers, saying nothing of the thousands of pounds which it has cost the country to effect them. Were it necessary, I could enu merate sufficient, which have occurred under my own observa tion, to prove what I now state. How many ships' companies have become disaffected, and almost mutinous, by a change of captain ; for so much is left in his power, that he may not only overturn all the plans and arrangements of his predeces sor; but establish an entire new system of his own, which every person is expected to fall into as it, were by instinct, and these changes are frequently made so suddenly, and enforced so rigorously, that few escape blame or punishment; and, al though it is utterly impossible to tic commanders down to fixed rules on all points without cramping their abilities, or re tarding improvement, still there are many points of general service that it would be well to make fixed as far as circum stances will admit. These are long established, and which will not admit of altering or improving. In a service like the navy every ship should he governed as nearly alike as possi. tele. Were such the case, a man need not he under any ap prehension as' to what ship he sailed in, or how often he changed his captain or officers, although it must be allowed that those ships' companies are best affected and the ships more effi lent where these changes do not take place. The attachment of seamen to old ships and old officers is prover bial, and the a ivantages great. Sir Philip Broke commanded the Shannon near eight years with little change of crew pre vious to his brilliant action with the Chesapeake. For my own part, I do net knots of any reason why Jack Ratline cr Jack Junk should not be as peppy and contented in the Britannia with Captain B. as he would be in the Caledonia ith Captain C. Any man who comes boldly forward to serve his King end country ought, and deserves to be (if his conduct he correct), made happy in every ship, and have nothing to fear from change of ship or officers." " Except they bore the mark of discharge, which might be put on each and every article when the man was paid off, or left the service." CORN - LAWS -STOCKPORT. Mr. PAULTON.—On Monday and Tuesday evenings Mr. Paulton delivered two lectures on the Corn-laws in the Court-room to respectable and crowded audiences. On the second night Mr. Paulton expressed a fear that he might be trespassing too far on the indulgence of his audience, and proposed to omit a part of the lecture ; but they encouraged him to proceed by loud cries of " give us it all," followed by a round of animating cheers. That such long lectures, full of dry statistical details, should be listened to not only with patience but with almost breathless interest, says much for the strong feeling which exists on the subject as a prac tical question, as well as for the general talent and rheto rical art displayed by the teetotal.. As soon as Mr. Paul ton had sat down, Henry Marsland, Esq. M.P., rose to propose that the sinc ere an d h eart f e l t thanks of the meeting should be given to that gentleman for the able lectures he had just concluded ; and now that Mr. Paulton had done his duty, he hoped they would not be deficient in theirs. Mr. Marsland concluded by proposing that the thanks of the meeting should be given by acclamation to their worthy lecturer, Mr. Paulton. The call was enthusiasti cally responded to by the meeting in a round of deafen ing cheers, which were followed by three spontaneous and hearty cheers, with one cheer more for the worthy Member himself. Mr. Paulton said it would be unjust to his own feelings, as well as to the meeting, if he did not return his sincere thanks for the compliment they had just paid him. For himself personally be did not care a single pin's point what was said of him--the me tropolitan Tory-papers had aceused him of fomenting social d , sunion, but his offence was only that of telling the truth against parties whose interest lay in concealing it. They would agree with him that the harm lay in plun deride-° the people, n o t i n t e lli ng t h em they were plun dered. He rejoiced in the marks of approbation he had received, because they implied their recognition of the cause which he represented as a holy, a good and a gloricus cause—a cause in which they were willing to struggle. A fallacious notion had gone forth in regard to the conduct of the men of Birmingham on this ques tion ; they had not, as had been represented, said they would not help him and his friends to obtain a repeal of the Coin laws ; they only said they despaired of their success with such a rascally House of Commons, though they were still willing to aid in the battle for it. To the advocates of Universal Suffrage he would say, that if they failed in gaining the object of the anti-Corn-law agitation, the effect would be to convert the middle classes into flic.ids of Universal Suffrage ; and if they gained a repeal of the Corn-laws, the battle for Universal Suffrage would surely be fought better with full bellies than empty ones.—(Cheers.) Mr. Coppock, Town Clerk, moved that a local anti-Corn law Association should be immediately formed in Stock port, one penny to be the subscription of the working man, and ss. that of the more wealthy who had not yet suffered so severely from the Corn-laws, but who would soon be in volved in one 'common ruin unless they instantly rose in self-defence.—The motion was seconded by Mr. Knott, and unanimously agreed to. EDUCATION.--In the following table a comparison is made between the number of children who frequent ele mentary schools, and the who's population in different countries . Lombardy . . . .Ito 13 Bohemia . . . .Ito 11 Denmark . . . . 1 to 15 Bavaria . . • . 1 to 8 City of Naples . . I to 119 Russian Empire . . 1 to 924 Franco . . . . 1 to 27 Tuscany . . . . I to 60 Corsica . . . . I to 20 Duchy of Parma . . 1 to 4S Duchy of Lucca . . 1 to 29 I Canton of Geneva . 1 to 7 Tyrol Moravia and Silesia Styria and Carinthia Lower Austria . Upper Austria . Mean of the whole Aus trian monarchy . .Ito 13 England and Scotland 1. to 16 Holland . . . .Ito 14 TT • Hence it appears that Englan i d and Scotland are behind the Canton of Geneva, Bavaria, the Tyrol, Bohemia, Hol land, Lombardy, Austria, Moravia, Silesia, and Denmark. The apathy which our Government have shown these many years in respect to education is truly astonisl:ing. No less than 418 millions of the public money have been expended since 1815, under the head " Army—Navy and Ord nance !!" One-fourth part of this sum would have been sufficient to endow a school in almost every parish through out the United Kingdom. It should be remembered that whilst military expenditure is promotive of vice —education is promotive of virtue ; and surely to render the people vir tuous, is an object worthy the persevering labours of all en lightened rulers. On Tuesday evening a respectable-looking woman was taken to the police station of the U division, in Spital fields, in a state of intoxication, and was locked up in a cell, where she was repeatedly visited during the night, and re mained apparently in the same state in which she had been brought in ; but at six o'clock yesterday morning she was found to be alarming] ) ill, and medical assistance was im wmoemdiaantehl y a ( s i e ne expired, p f i o r r e . d erowaa s surgeon a a r r d r s i v a e s d e , r h t o a w in e e v d e r t , o t b h e e a widow, named Litchfield. An inquest was held on Wednesday at the Westminster House of Correction on the body of a young man named Bullger, who died in that prison on S iturday last. From the evidence it appeared that deceased, who was a shoe maker by trade, had been committed about a month ago from Bow-street, for want of bail, on a charge of assault. Previous to his imprisonment he had led a very unsettled life, the consequence of which was that be was seized with a rapid decline, which terminated fatally. Every attention of tacl the prison.beenpa Verdict—`` thetohim dic by ,, officers medical and go vernor Died by the visitation of God." SHIPWRECK.— We regret to state that the late gales, w hi c h h ave b een attended w ith so many di sasters to the shipping, h ave proved fatal to the schooner Sceptre of ,greater ro part of her in crew. The Sc e pt re W D a u s n o d n e eh, her and n passaged the fm Port-au-Prince, St. Domingo, with a cargo of cotton and coffee, and the place where sh e was wrecked is in the vicinity of Holyhead, in Wales. All hands perished except the mate, William Finlay, a native of Dundee, and a foreigner, named Carlos Tuffstrinx, of Gotbland, in Sweden. —Edinburgh Advertiser. SACRED HARMONIC SocISTY.—On Friday even ing the members of this society performed The Messiah to a crowded audience. The chorusses were most ably sustained, and gave as great delight as ever. Con fort ye was sung by the veteran Braham, who was announced to sing all the tenor solos, but through some misunderstanding'', we believe, with the lessee of Drury-lane Theatre, he left immediately after the first air. His place was supplied by Mr. Hobbs, who, with Messrs. Turner, Novell°, J. 0. Atkins, and Willing, and Miss Birch, Mr. Toulmin, and Miss Wyndham, took the remaining solos and concerted pieces. 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